(1954-01-28) 28 January 1954 (age 70) Nanumea, Gilbert and Ellice Islands (now Tuvalu)
Political party
Independent
Alma mater
University of the South Pacific Charles Darwin University
Willy Telavi (born 28 January 1954) is a Tuvaluan politician who was Prime Minister of Tuvalu from 2010 to 2013.
Telavi was first elected to parliament in 2006 and was re-elected in 2010.[1] He became prime minister on 24 December 2010 and the Telavi Ministry retained government until August 2013. The refusal of prime minister Telavi to recall the Parliament of Tuvalu after the 2013 Nukufetau by-election resulted in a constitutional crisis when he adopted the position that, under the Constitution of Tuvalu, he was only required to convene parliament once a year, and was thus under no obligation to summon it until December 2013.[2] The opposition then requested the Governor-General of Tuvalu, Sir Iakoba Italeli, to intervene against the Telavi's decision.[3] On 3 July, Governor-General Italeli exercised his reserve powers in ordering parliament to convene, against the prime minister Telavi's wishes, on 30 July.[4] On 1 August 2013 Governor-General Italeli again exercised his reserve powers and dismissed Telavi as Prime Minister of Tuvalu and appointed the opposition leader Enele Sopoaga as Tuvalu's caretaker prime minister.[5] A day later, on 2 August 2013, Telavi's government was successfully brought down through a vote of no confidence in parliament.[6] He resigned from parliament in August 2014.[1][7] He was absent for much of the parliamentary year tending to his sick wife in Hawaii, and he resigned in order to remain at his wife's side.[7]
^ ab"Former Tuvalu PM quits parliament". Radio New Zealand International. 26 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
^"Parliament needs one yearly meeting only says defiant Tuvalu PM". Radio New Zealand International. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
^Coutts, Geraldine (2 July 2013). "Tuvalu opposition demands parliament be allowed to sit after weekend by-election". Radio Australia. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
^Matau, Robert (3 July 2013). "Tuvalu's parliament convenes July 30". Islands Business. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
^Matua, Robert (1 August 2013). "GG appoints Sopoaga as Tuvalu's caretaker PM". Islands Business. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
^"Tuvalu opposition votes out government". Radio New Zealand International. 3 August 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
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eight votes to seven, Maatia Toafa was replaced by WillyTelavi as Prime Minister of Tuvalu. WillyTelavi retained a bare majority through the term of his...
in a motion of no confidence. Dr. Pitoi supported Toafa's opponent, WillyTelavi, who became Prime Minister and appointed Pitoi as Minister for Education...
of no confidence, and as a result, was succeeded by the Telavi Ministry, led by WillyTelavi, who was appointed as prime minister on 24 December 2010...
Tuvaluan constitutional crisis of 2013 occurred when Prime Minister WillyTelavi sought to continue governing after having lost his parliamentary majority...
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